That is a really good point. Because I have seen the disconnect among slashes in acting like slash is okay but homosexuality is not, or acting like gay people are gay for the slasher's entertainment.
There are some very negative stereotypes about the gay community, and some of them are actively encouraged in the slash community: for example, the uke/seme stereotype, wherein one man must be 'the woman' and the other must be 'the man'. That mindset in particular has spread beyond fandom, and while I'm not saying that it's at all to blame on female slashers, some parts of the slash community are encouraging it. I can't help but think that women using one of the men involved to represent 'the female persona' (as mentioned above, as well) is a part of that, and I think it can be pretty negative both for gay rights and for feminism. Writing about two gay guys doesn't necessarily equal writing something that isn't heteronormative, given some of the more unfortunate fandom tropes.
Word to this. And it's really a shame that a genre that is nominally about gay characters can NOT represent homosexuality.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timeasmymeasure
no subject
There are some very negative stereotypes about the gay community, and some of them are actively encouraged in the slash community: for example, the uke/seme stereotype, wherein one man must be 'the woman' and the other must be 'the man'. That mindset in particular has spread beyond fandom, and while I'm not saying that it's at all to blame on female slashers, some parts of the slash community are encouraging it. I can't help but think that women using one of the men involved to represent 'the female persona' (as mentioned above, as well) is a part of that, and I think it can be pretty negative both for gay rights and for feminism. Writing about two gay guys doesn't necessarily equal writing something that isn't heteronormative, given some of the more unfortunate fandom tropes.
Word to this. And it's really a shame that a genre that is nominally about gay characters can NOT represent homosexuality.
Great icon, by the way.